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- ↑ Tarawalie, Alusine (2019-11-25). "THE AGRICULTURAL CREDIT SYSTEMS IN SIERRA LEONE: ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE YONI CHIEFDOM". Research Papers.
- ↑ Ijagbemi, Adelẹyẹ (1974). "The Yoni Expedition of 1887: A Study of British Imperial Expansion in Sierra Leone". Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria. 7 (2): 241–254. ISSN 0018-2540. JSTOR 41857011.
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